Music producer suing Michael Jackson estate for $24 million for his work on the hit single This Is It
That is that: A music producer claiming to partially own Michael Jackson's song This Is It is suing his estate and co-writer Paul Anka for $24 million
Jonzun, an electro-dance musician, is best known for forming the Jonzun Crew in the early 1980s.
However, Anka told TMZ that he's never even heard of Jonzun and said any claims he owns a portion of This Is It are 'BS.'
In 1983, Paul collaborated with Jackson on the unreleased duet I Never Heard, and the original demo was used as the basis for This Is It.
Show me the money: Michael Jonzun filed the lawsuit in Massachusetts federal court, claiming he's owed one third of the radio-only single
Jackson's brothers layed down new vocals and additional instrumentation were added to the recording in 2009.
This Is It was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2011 and was the former king of pop's first song to chart in over 17 years.
It became a top 20 hit on charts in Japan and Spain, and peaked at number 18 on both Billboard's US Adult Contemporary and R&B/Hip-Hop song charts.
Been there, done that: Co-writer Paul Anka has never even heard of Jonzun and said any claims he owns a portion of This Is It are 'BS'
This is not the first lawsuit brought forth over the pop ballad.
Immediately after its release, Anka also threatened legal action against Jackson's estate until they agreed to give him 50 percent of the song's publishing rights.
Paul, 71, first became famous penning Put Your Head on My Shoulder and Frank Sinatra's My Way in the 1950s and sixties.
He allegedly plans to release his second 1983 collaboration with the deceased superstar, titled Love Never Felt So Good, in the near future.
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